Mount Sinai

Hi ladies,I'm sure hospital questions have circled quite a few times but I would like to know if anyone has given birth at Mount Sinai? Just had my birthing class and our instructor said this particular hospital has a high rate of c-sections. This scares me a little. I know that as soon to be mom we should be open to everything. Just wanted to know your thoughts..

Hi ladies,I'm sure hospital questions have circled quite a few times but I would like to know if anyone has given birth at Mount Sinai? Just had my birthing class and our instructor said this particular hospital has a high rate of c-sections. This scares me a little. I know that as soon to be mom we should be open to everything. Just wanted to know your thoughts..

The c section rate nationwide is 1 in 3, or about 33%. In NYC it's closer to 40%. Has no bearing on the hospital, bc the data is skewed by repeat csections. I had my first Csection there (emergency) and had a wonderful experience. Good luck!

The c section rate nationwide is 1 in 3, or about 33%. In NYC it's closer to 40%. Has no bearing on the hospital, bc the data is skewed by repeat csections. I had my first Csection there (emergency) and had a wonderful experience. Good luck!

I had my baby at Sinai and ended up with a c section. Let me explain though: For me my water broke at 38.5 wks and at my ob visit the week before I was only 1 cm and hadn't thinned out at all. I was in labor for 22 hrs and had to keep shutting off the Pitocin since my son wasn't tolerating it. His heart rate kept decelerating down to 40-60's, there are 3 different types of deceleration and he was having all 3. Without the Pitocin I stalled out at 7 cm. So the doctor said we can either do the c section now or have an emergency c section later. My doctor was awesome ...every time the monitor showed distress he came in and checked it out. He was very cool, calm and collected. He explained everything to us. So, when the time came we didn't feel like we were pressured into it. We knew it was the right decision for a healthy baby. When we went in our son was not even in the correct position to come down at all, he was facing up.

Was I disappointed to have a c section-yes. Do I think it was the correct decision-yes.

I had a coworker be pressured into it since her labor was taking too long. If that was the case I would of held off.

So don't go in saying I'm not going to or refuse to have a c section. See what situation you're in and go from there. I didn't have a birth plan and I'm glad I didn't. I just went with the flow. My plan was just to have a healthy baby :)

Just FYI: you can always refuse to have a resident put in the epidural. You can just ask for the attending.

I had my baby at Sinai and ended up with a c section. Let me explain though: For me my water broke at 38.5 wks and at my ob visit the week before I was only 1 cm and hadn't thinned out at all. I was in labor for 22 hrs and had to keep shutting off the Pitocin since my son wasn't tolerating it. His heart rate kept decelerating down to 40-60's, there are 3 different types of deceleration and he was having all 3. Without the Pitocin I stalled out at 7 cm. So the doctor said we can either do the c section now or have an emergency c section later. My doctor was awesome ...every time the monitor showed distress he came in and checked it out. He was very cool, calm and collected. He explained everything to us. So, when the time came we didn't feel like we were pressured into it. We knew it was the right decision for a healthy baby. When we went in our son was not even in the correct position to come down at all, he was facing up.

Was I disappointed to have a c section-yes. Do I think it was the correct decision-yes.

I had a coworker be pressured into it since her labor was taking too long. If that was the case I would of held off.

So don't go in saying I'm not going to or refuse to have a c section. See what situation you're in and go from there. I didn't have a birth plan and I'm glad I didn't. I just went with the flow. My plan was just to have a healthy baby :)

Just FYI: you can always refuse to have a resident put in the epidural. You can just ask for the attending.

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